Parer and slicer.



No. 707,798. Patented Aug. 26, I902.

G. w. PAUL.

PARER AND SLICEB.

(Application fl1e d mar. 16, 1991.

(In Modei.)

Unrrnn dramas PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PAUL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PARER AND SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,798, dated August 26, 1902.

Application filed March 16,1901- Serial No. 51,510. (No model.)

To ctZZ whont it may concern.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE YVPAUL, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parers and Slicers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tools orimplements for paring and slicing vegetables, and has for its object to provide an implement of this character that will be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Briefly described, the invention comprises a wire handle shaped to conveniently fit the users hand, the handle being made of a single piece of wire doubled upon itself, the two parallel arms of the wire beyond the handle forming a frame to hold the parer and slicer. This parer and slicer is made of one piece of material clenched over upon the arms of the frame.

The construction will be hereinafter more specifically described in detail and then particularly pointed out in the claim, and in describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference will be employed for designating like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved parer and slicer. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan or end View.

To put my invention into practice, I form from a suitable piece of wire a handle 1. This handle is formed by doubling the piece of wire, indenting or forcing the two strands formed by the doubling inwardly, then outwardly, and then continuing the two arms outwardly in parallel relation, so as to form aframe 2, the wire being doubled so that the two endsthereof will be even. This frame, comprising the two parallel arms, has the parer and slicer mounted thereon, and this parer and slicer is made of one piece of suitable sheet metal 3, substantially rectangular in form, with the two side edges thereof turned inwardly and clamped upon the arms of the frame, as at l. Along one edge the metal plate carries an integral extension'5, which is curved upwardly and slightly inwardly at its outer end and forms the slicer. This extension or slicer is provided with a knife-edge 6. At its upper orouter end the plate 3 is bent upwardly at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the bodyof the plate, and the plate is provided at the base of this inclined portion 7 with a slot 8, the lower edge of the inclined portion being bent back and sharpened to a'knit'e-edge 9. For the purpose of scraping the bottoms of pans, pots, and the like the upper end of the inclined portion 7 is formed with astraight edge, which permits of the same easily entering and cleaning the corners. The plate 3 is preferably provided with the turned-in flange 4 along both side edges throughout the length of the plate, with the exception of the part where the integral extension 5 is carried. The parts of this inturned flange or crimp which are at the ends of theinclined portion 7 are flattened down upon the outer face of said inclined portion, so as to give strength and rigidity thereto. These bent-over ends lie in contact with the outer face of the inclined portion and greatly facilitate the cleaning of the corners of the pans, pots, or the like. The outer edge ofthe inclined portion 7 may be used for a scraper for pans and the like, as will be readily apparent. The knifeedge 9 forms the paring implement, the implement being placed upon the vegetable and drawn toward the user, the paring passing through the slot 8. The slicer 5 is used in the same manner--namely, by engagingsame inthe vegetable and drawing the implement toward the user. By projecting the two arms of the handle inwardly toward each-other, then outwardly, as shown at 1, near the inner end of the plate 3, a convenient grip is formed for the hand, allowing the operator tofi'rmly grasp the handle and preventing slipping of the implement in the hand.

I desire to call particular attention to the extreme simplicity of construction and the cheapness of the implement constructed as set forth. But two pieces of material are employeda single piece of wire for the handle and frame and a single piece of sheet metal I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A paring and slicing implement which comprises a. handle and frame formed of a single piece of wire doubled upon itself, the ends of the two strands being extended in parallel relation to one another, a slicer comprising an integral sheet-inetal plate having an elongated slot formed therein extending in proximity to the sides of said plate, an integral curved extension having a knife-edge on its lower face carried by .one side of said slicer, the said ends of the frame engaging the outer face of said slicer and extending to a point below said slot, the sides of said plate being bent over to engage said frame except at the point of the curved extension, the part above said slot being bentat an angle and having its sides doubled upon themselves from apoint at the ends of said frame, the upper end, of said inclined part-being straight, the walls of said slot being bent in opposite directions, and a knife-edge on one of said walls, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE \V. PAUL.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER. 

